After a couple of minutes of work, you finally bypass the lock. Not a sound passes from the other side as you attempt to push the door open...

Unfortunately, the door doesn't move. Pushing on it harder, you can tell that the other side of the door is barricaded, perhaps blocked by one or more large and heavy objects. The door does have a bit of give to it, so it should be possible to bull your way through with a bit of effort.

"Wait," calls Lissa from the back, "this seems... off. Did anyone else hear the clicking?" She shifts her weight in the saddle as she tilts her head and continues, "If that note was anything to go by this is the way the villagers wanted to funnel us in the first place. I must admit I loath the idea of doing what the mayor wants."